It was a dusty old night and I’m the first to admit it
I’m sure I upset someone but my memory has chosen to omit it
A tiny voice telling me I really should cool it
Chewing my face off talking absolute rubbish
The first line hit me like a kick in the face
I thought “I’d better have another one, just in case”
Next thing I knew, my heart was under attack
I bought a one way ticket to hell (and back)

I’ve always tried to keep my vices under wraps
But a coach-load of mutes would appear talkative chaps
If they had seen fit to join me for a couple of hits
Now my septum is in tatters and I’ve still got the runs
It burned for a moment, then it kicked like a mule
The strangers I recruited thought it was rocket fuel
Several massive choking lines of glorious gack
I bought a one way ticket to hell (and back)

Holding court, repeating myself, each repetition slightly louder
Pausing just long enough to snort the white powder
The wheels came off but I’m still on track
I bought a one way ticket to hell (and back)

One way ticket to hell and back
Bought a one way ticket to hell and back
One way ticket to hell and back
Bought a one way ticket to hell…
One way ticket to hell and back
Bought a one way ticket to hell and back
One way ticket to hell and back
Bought a one way ticket to hell…

Cops on the corner always ignore
Somebody’s getting paid
Jimmy’s got it wired, law’s for hire
Got it made in the shade
Got a little hideaway, does business all day
But at night he’ll always be found
Sellin’ sugar to the sweet
People on the street
Call this Jimmy’s town

He’ll tell you he’s the king
Of these barrio streets
Moving up to Shangri-La
Came by his wealth as a matter of luck
Says he never broke no law
Two time loser running out of juice
Time to move out quick
Heard a rumour going round
Jimmy’s going down
This time it’s gonna stick

You’re the voice of reason that I can’t escape
Cut me down a thousand times a day
I don’t need you anymore
I don’t need you anymore
I trusted you and there was no one else
All you did was make me doubt myself
Don’t believe you anymore
Don’t believe you anymore

You bled me out, you tore me down
Your time has come, you can go

‘Cause you’re a lie, lie
All my faith has been wasted, wasted
‘Cause you’re a lie, lie
I don’t need you to save me anymore

I’m fragile, but I’m not a fool
I won’t hear another word from you
You won’t hurt me anymore
You won’t hurt me anymore

The hand I held just held me down
It took so long, now I know

‘Cause you’re a lie, lie
All my faith has been wasted, wasted
‘Cause you’re a lie, lie
I won’t sit here and take this anymore

You can say anything that you wanna say
But my intention’s long gone and turned away
You’re such a lie, you were only the enemy
Everything you are I will deny

‘Cause you’re a lie, lie
I’ll just come out and say it, say it
‘Cause you’re a lie, lie
All my faith has been wasted, wasted
‘Cause you’re a lie, lie
I don’t need you to save me anymore
I don’t need you to save me anymore
I don’t need you to save me anymore

Citazione trovata in una pagina di Facebook:
“A lot of people think ‘You’re a lie’ is a song strictly about being betrayed and it certainly can be taken that way, but for me, in my head, it was – there’s that little voice sometimes that lives inside all of us that makes us doubt ourselves, that makes us question our strengths and our abilities, and that song is an anthem to call that out and take any sort of power away from that.”